Experimenting with spaces of encounter: Creative interventions to develop meaningful contact |
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| Institution: | 1. Dept. of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK;2. School of Architecture, University of Sheffield, The Arts Tower, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK;1. Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, centre hospitalier Gabriel-Martin, 38, rue Labourdonnais, 97460 Saint-Paul, Réunion;2. Département de chirurgie, institut Bergonié, 229, cours de l’Argonne, 33000 Bordeaux, France;1. State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu Province, China;2. Institute of RF- & OE-ICs, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, Jiangsu Province, China;3. Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, 226019, Jiangsu Province, China;1. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), F-97400, SaintPierre/Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France;2. Centre National de Référence des Streptocoques, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, F- 75679 Paris, France;3. Institut Cochin-Inserm; U567-UMR CNRS 10, Université Paris Descartes, F-75014 Paris, France;4. Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-Positif-URA CNRS 2172, Institut Pasteur, F-75724 Paris, France;5. Centre d’Investigation Clinique 1410 (Inserm/CHU/Université de La Réunion/Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux de l’Océan Indien), F-97410, Saint Pierre, La Réunion;6. UMR PIMIT “Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical” (Inserm 1187, CNRS 9192, IRD 249, Université de La Réunion), plateforme technologique CYROI, F-97490, Sainte Clotilde, La Réunion |
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| Abstract: | To-date geographical research on encounters has primarily comprised observation of naturalistic settings (both micro publics and everyday public spaces) or narrative accounts of encounters generated by conventional methods, this paper focuses on a contrived spatial experiment to create meaningful contact across difference. Inspired by, and drawing on insights from, Architecture – a discipline relatively neglected by geographers in recent times – we use a creative form of spatial play to stimulate groups of people to explore their differences and to develop shared understandings. Whereas previous studies have identified the importance of material objects in art projects and home spaces in mediating relations between people, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the physical configuration of space in work on encounters, despite the fact that geography is a spatial discipline. Here, we engage directly with the role of the form and function of space. Our spatial experiments demonstrate how paying attention to the materiality of micro-spaces rather than social relations alone, can provide insights into the generation of positive interactions by contributing to a greater understanding of how meaningful encounters happen, and what can be done to facilitate them. Specifically, by exploring the size and configuration of space, issues of ownership and surveillance, the relationship between primary and secondary space, and aural architecture this research identifies how working together to create a shared private or intimate space – might facilitate a sense of empowerment and the production of social relations characterised by democracy and inclusion. |
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| Keywords: | Difference Diversity Encounters Spatial experiment Materiality Social relations |
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